Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Amos 2:1
The bones — Or ashes, reduced them by fire into fine dust, and used these ashes instead of lime to plaister the walls and roofs of his palace, and this in hatred and contempt of the king of Edom.
The bones — Or ashes, reduced them by fire into fine dust, and used these ashes instead of lime to plaister the walls and roofs of his palace, and this in hatred and contempt of the king of Edom.
CHAPTER II _The prophet goes on to declare the judgments of God against_ _Moab_, 1-3; _against Judah_, 4, 5; _and then against Israel, the particular object of his mission._ _He enumerates some o...
MOAB - The relation of Moab to Israel is only accidentally different from that of Ammon. One spirit actuated both, venting itself in one and the same way, as occasion served, and mostly together (see...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Moab (Amos 2:1) _ 2. Judah (Amos 2:4) 3. Israel (Amos 2:6) Amos 2:1. So fierce was the hatred of Moab that they dishonored the bo
MOAB. With Moab the prophet concludes his list of Israel's foes. When Israel arrived on the E. of the Jordan, the Moabites inhabited the high tableland E. of the Dead Sea, whither they had been driven...
THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Amos 1:3. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. THREE. FOUR. See note on Amos 1:3. TRANSGRESSIONS. See note on Amos 1:3 MOAB. Compare...
_because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime_ A mark of unrelenting hate and vindictiveness: the Moabites pursued their fallen adversary even into the rest of the grave; they not only vio...
Amos 2:1 . MOAB. The Moabites inhabited the elevated and fertile table-land (Heb. _Mîshôr_, "level plain," Deuteronomy 3:10 &c.), on the east of the Dead Sea. By the Israelites, the deep chasm formed...
_THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF MOAB -- AMOS 2:1-3:_ The fact that Moab had gone on committing one sin after another caused God to pronounce judgment upon that nation. The Moabites were also descendants of Lot...
BECAUSE HE BURNED THE BONES, &C.— "That not even the ashes of the bones might remain, or be distinguished from lime." See 2 Kings 3:27....
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSMOAB TEXT: Amos 2:1-3 1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned t...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS...
THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.' HERDM...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 2 PUNISHMENT FOR MOAB’S PEOPLE V1 This is what the *Lord says: ‘I will certainly punish the people in Moab for their man...
II. CURSE ON MOAB. (1) Comp. Isaiah 15, 16, Isaiah 25:10, and Jeremiah 48 Translate “burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.” The historical reference is obscure. (See 2 Kings 3:26.) Whether Moa...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י...
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his in...
JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5 _Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and more invet...
The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the (a) bones of the king of Edom into lime: (a) For the Moabites...
_Ashes. Some think that he alludes to 4 Kings iii. 27., or rather to some war, the ashes of the dead were disturbed. (Calmet) --- Both these acts of inhumanity deserved severe punishment. (Worthington...
We have some account of Moab's cruelty, for which the Lord is here bringing him to accounts 2 Kings 3:26. It is worthy observation, and I take occasion to remark it in this place, in the Lord's disple...
CONTENTS The same subject is continued here as occupied the former Chapter. Moab is first reckoned with, and then Judah, and Israel....
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
Now Amos prophesies here against the Moabites, and proclaims respecting them what we have noticed respecting the other nations, — that the Moabites were wholly perverse, that no repentance would be ho...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place of His own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem. Afterwards,...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF MOAB,.... Or the Moabites, who descended from the eldest son of Lot, by one of his daughters; and, though related, were great enemies to the Israelites...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: Ver. 1. _For three trans...
_For three transgressions of Moab_ Moab and Ammon being nearly related, (see Genesis 19:37,) and bordering upon each other, they are usually joined together in the threatenings of the prophets. _Becau...
AGAINST MOAB AND JUDAH...
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, the nation occupying the country east of the Dead Sea, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, being fully determined upon His...
1-8 The evil passions of the heart break out in various forms; but the Lord looks to our motives, as well as our conduct. Those that deal cruelly, shall be cruelly dealt with. Other nations were reck...
AMOS CHAPTER 2 God's judgments upon Moab, AMOS 2:1 upon Judah, AMOS 2:4,5, and upon Israel, AMOS 2:6. God complaineth of Israel's ingratitude for past kindnesses, and threateneth them for it,...
Amos 2:1 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588 Moab H4124 four H702 away H7725 ...
6). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON MOAB (AMOS 2:1). Unlike the remainder Moab are not condemned for any action against God's people. Rather they are condemned for their deliberate desecration of the bones of the...
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon Judah, Moab and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Amos. CONCLUSION: To keep not the commandments of God's Word, making no conscience of them, is to despise the wisdom, jus...
Amos 2:2. _Kirioth,_ a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24. Amos 2:6. _For three transgressions of Israel._ This phrase, explained in Amos 1:3, is repeate
_I will not turn away the punishment thereof._ GOD’S DEALING WITH NATIONS I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of the six heathen nations, as of Judah and Israel, opens...
_Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime._ BURNING THE BONES OF THE DEAD Amos says that the Moabites were wholly perverse, that no repentance would be hoped for, as they had added c...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:1 MOAB was Ammon’s neighbor to the south, perhaps included here because Moab and Ammon were both descended from Lot through his daughters (Genesis 19:37
CRITICAL NOTES.] BONES] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insult to the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliance with Jehoshaphat and Jehoram (2 Kings 3:9). AMOS 2:2. KIR.] A...
EXPOSITION AMOS 2:1 Judgment on Moab. AMOS 2:1 MOAB. The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13). Moab's hostility
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amos 1:1), Now Tekoa is a little...
2 Kings 3:26; 2 Kings 3:9; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:13; Amos 1:3;...